Best Practices in Teacher Professional Development

Authors: Dr. G. R. Angadi

Pages: 8-12

Abstract:

This paper presents examples of practices in teacher professional development for ICT in Education. To be effective and successful teacher professional development should be of high quality and relevant to teachers‟ needs. Education changes, in particular those changes associated with the rhetoric of the global information society, require staff development activities. In order for changes to be affected in the classroom, additional technical and pedagogical support is necessary. Professional development programmes should include all staff that are to contribute to the implementation of the intended changes, principal, teachers, and technical and administrative support personnel. In this the focus will be on teachers. Apart from the students themselves, teachers and principal are the main agents of change at the institution level.